Decontamination
Smooth paint starts here
Run your hand over the hood after a wash. If it feels like fine sandpaper, that is bonded fallout and overspray sitting in the clear coat, and no amount of washing takes it off. Two tools do the same job. Pick the one that suits how you work.
Most people start here
The Clay Mitt
Wears on your hand
A synthetic rubber surface that shears bonded contaminants off the paint. It fits on your hand, so you cover ground fast.
Reach for it whenYou want one tool for the whole vehicle and you would rather move quickly.
- Wears on your hand for fast coverage
- Easier around badges, mirrors and curves
- Synthetic surface, rinse it and reuse it
- Medium grade, so it needs lube at all times
$38.00Medium grade
Best on flat panels
The Clay Towel
Flat, perforated face
Same synthetic surface, same grade, flat format. The perforations trap the grime it lifts instead of holding it against the paint.
Reach for it whenYou are working big flat panels and want the debris pulled up and away from the finish.
- Flat face for hoods, roofs and doors
- Perforations hold what it lifts off the paint
- Synthetic surface, rinse it and reuse it
- Medium grade, so it needs lube at all times
$38.00Medium grade
You cannot run it dry
What goes with it
A medium grade needs lubrication at all times. Shine Mist, or a thick layer of foam if you are claying during the wash. Dry contact is what puts marring in a finish, not the clay itself.
Shine Mist
The clay lube. Built around grab instead of pure slickness, so the tool cuts instead of skating across the panel.
$12.0016 oz
Smooth Move
Pulls iron out chemically before you ever touch the paint. Less left for the clay to do means less risk of marring.
$18.0016 oz
Hotshot Soap
Decon goes after the wash, never instead of it. Thick foam also doubles as your lube if you clay during the wash.
$12.0016 oz
The Soap Hand
The wash mitt for the step before. Deep pile lifts dirt away from the paint instead of dragging it across.
$15.00
The traditional way
Still want a clay bar?
Clay bars still work. They are cheaper up front and they conform to curves and badges better than a flat tool. The tradeoff is that a dropped bar goes in the trash.
Purple Clay Bar
Medium grade. For paint that has not been decontaminated in a long time, or that has overspray in it.
$28.00Medium
White Clay Bar
Fine grade. For maintenance on paint that is already in good shape, or on softer finishes.
$28.00Fine
Or get it in one box
Bundles
If you would rather not piece it together, each of these is built around the full decon workflow in the order it should actually be done.
Paint Decontamination Kit
Chemical decon and mechanical decon in one box instead of buying it piece by piece.
$60.00
The Decon & Seal Kit
A full paint reset in one wash. Wash, pull the iron, decon, then seal it, with no machine and no polishing.
$95.00
